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Hello John M Wolfson. Thank you for volunteering for the Electoral Commission for the 2021 ArbCom Election. Following the closure of the ELECTCOM RfC, you have been selected as a reserve commissioner. Congratulations! Some important pages to watch about the election are: Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2021/Coordination, Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2021/Coordination, Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2021, and others in Category:Wikipedia Arbitration Committee Elections 2021. As a reservist you have no official duties, but your assistance and expertise are welcome as a de facto coordinator. In the event of a vacancy in the commission, you may be activated - should this be required it is generally declared by the majority of the remaining active commissioners. Again, thank you for volunteering for this important position. Best regards, — xaosflux ^Talk 23:38, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

• Thank you! I look forward to helping the process and learning the ropes!  – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 23:41, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

RfA Proposals

John, I'm not sure why you removed the "don't post here yet" besides some nominal sense the template had been up too long. The idea is to do a whole bunch of work to launch it so everyone is noticed at once. I want to give people a bit more time to weigh in on things before starting a clock that will be hard to reverse. Beyond that, I would suggest your proposal might need a subpage as what was there was not a 1-3 sentence neutral statement. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 20:25, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

• @Barkeep49: The template explicitly says to remove it once it's been several hours since the last edit; I also interpreted this diff to mean that its launch would be imminent. On a lesser note, I don't want to create too many subpages, and I tried my best to be neutral on the proposal.  – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 20:28, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

  Templates are laborious for me so I didn't want to create a custom one that had perfect wording so I went with the least worst one. I had hoped that by doing that, rather than the more common {{Under construction}} everyone would understand the intent and wait. In the end no huge deal. I understand the reluctance to create too many subpages. It is indeed a balance between creating subpages and trying to keep a page that will be easily navigable especially if we get a large number of proposals. That difficult with too much is something that's already come up on the Brainstorming page and is certainly a concern I want to be sensitive to owing to the desire to reach as large of a segement of the community as possible. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 20:34, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

  Just wanted to let you know that the proposals period has now started. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 16:45, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

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Adminabili

You seem to have responded to a comment of mine other than the one that used the word "adminabiles" with small details about the plural. User:力 (power~enwiki, π, ν) 00:36, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

• @力: I was referring to your edit summary. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 00:43, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2021 November newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year and the finalists can relax! Our Champion this year is The Rambling Man (submissions), who amassed over 5000 points in the final round, achieving 8 featured articles and almost 500 reviews. It was a very competitive round; seven of the finalists achieved over 1000 points in the round (enough to win the 2019 contest), and three scored over 3000 (enough to win the 2020 event). Our 2021 finalists and their scores were:

1. The Rambling Man (submissions) with 5072 points
2. Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 3276 points
3. Amakuru (submissions) with 3197 points
4. Epicgenius (submissions) with 1611 points
5. Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1571 points
6. BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 1420 points
7. Hog Farm (submissions) with 1043 points
8. Bloom6132 (submissions) with 528 points

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• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for 8 FAs in round 5.
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• Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured topic prize, for 13 articles in a featured topic in round 5.
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• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the good topic prize, for 86 articles in good topics in round 5.
• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the reviewer prize, for 68 FAC reviews and 213 GAN reviews, both in round 5.
• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 30 did you know articles in round 3 and 105 overall.
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Quick question about a mislinked diff

Hi John, hope you're well. I was looking at WT:VITAL and saw the link to a discussion about a biography moratorium, but the diff linked (Special:Diff/10519587) goes to the wrong place -- a vandalism revert in mainspace. Any chance that could be fixed? I'm sticking my head back in a little bit, and I'm wanting to catch up on some stuff in that sphere. Sorry to come to your doorstep with a complaint, and have a good day! Vaticidalprophet 03:24, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

• Fixed. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 12:52, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Flopped image

"Vertically-flipped image" might have a different interpretation than "image reflected along a vertical axis", unfortunately... AnonMoos (talk) 16:35, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

• If you have a better short description, you can add it; however, some short description is better than none. – John M Wolfson (talk •  contribs) 16:41, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

It's "Horizontally flipped image" which would actually mean the same thing as "image mirror-reflected along a vertical axis", so you gave it a different meaning when you shortened it. AnonMoos (talk) 16:50, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

That's fair. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 16:53, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

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Holiday greetings (2021)

John,
I sincerely hope your holiday season goes well this year especially with what we went through last year. I'm optimistic that 2022 will be a better year for all of us: both in real life and on Wikipedia. Wishing you the best from, Interstellarity (talk) 13:10, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

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RFA 2021 Completed

The 2021 re-examination of RFA has been completed. 23 (plus 2 variants) ideas were proposed. Over 200 editors participated in this final phase. Three changes gained consensus and two proposals were identified by the closers as having the potential to gain consensus with some further discussion and iteration. Thanks to all who helped to close the discussion, and in particular Primefac, Lee Vilenski, and Ymblanter for closing the most difficult conversations and for TonyBallioni for closing the review of one of the closes.

The following proposals gained consensus and have all been implemented:

1. Revision of standard question 1 to Why are you interested in becoming an administrator? Special thanks to xaosflux for help with implementation.
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TY and FYI

Thank you for your earnest attention to sourcing the First Wikipedia edit page. I want, FYI, to call your attention to my beginning a top to bottom check of citations and their formatting (since I have no subject matter expertise to bring to bear, there). That is, adding access-dates, authors, wikilinks, etc.

In doing the first eight citations, I had to make one correction (demoted <ref name = "gizmo"> citation, since no mention there of the January 15th date). But more critically I hit a wall in trying to interpret and check the author TwoOneTwo (HomePage) citation, because the page that appears via the link does not seem to be the one desired. (User:TwoOneTwo does not appear on that webpage, nor does the date given for the citation appear there—so something is amiss.) I wrote an in-text (<!-- type) note to explain, and tagged the note text and the citation so that it could be rectified.

Again, kudos for the hard referencing work there; I hope my once-over of checking and making consistent did not step on your toes. (Said since I noticed your "gawdawful" in the edit summary only after the work.) Cheers. 2601:246:C700:558:4934:BD1D:2B41:D139 (talk) 21:55, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

• No worries, I was just concerned about the arrangement of the sources, not their content. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 14:29, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/Regional capitals

Are there plans for Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/Regional capitals? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 21:09, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

• @Another Believer: I just thought it would be a better idea to have taskforces than the old "Top/High/Mid/Low importance" rankings; while regional capitals might not be the most important thing in the Old World, state/provincial capitals are quite a big deal in the Western Hemisphere. You are more than welcome to do work for the taskforce if you feel so inclined. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 22:33, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Lake Street Transfer

On 1 March 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lake Street Transfer, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Lake Street Transfer was a double-decked transfer station accommodating two different elevated lines? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lake Street Transfer. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Lake Street Transfer), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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WikiCup 2022 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
• AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
• Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
• GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
• Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
• SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
• Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

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WikiCup 2022 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
• AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
• Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
• GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
• Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
• SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
• Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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DYK for Skip-stop on the Chicago "L"

On 16 March 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Skip-stop on the Chicago "L", which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Dearborn Street Subway had skip-stop service in 1951 for one morning before it was discontinued? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Skip-stop on the Chicago "L". You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Skip-stop on the Chicago "L"), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

March songs

March songs

Thank you for support in the RfC for DYK - music with a chance to listen, - the piece by Anna Korsun begins after about one hour, and the voices afterwards call "Freiheit!" instead of "Freude". Music every day, pictured in songs. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:25, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

The Prayer is on the Main page, finally + new flowers --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:07, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

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DYK for Metropolitan main line

On 19 March 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Metropolitan main line, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Metropolitan main line was the first electrified revenue rapid transit in the United States? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Metropolitan main line. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Metropolitan main line), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Your GA nomination of Lake Street Transfer

The article Lake Street Transfer you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Lake Street Transfer for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 05:01, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Lake Street Transfer

The article Lake Street Transfer you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Lake Street Transfer for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 02:21, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2022 May newsletter

The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

1. Epicgenius, with 1264 points from 2 featured article, 4 good articles and 18 DYKs. Epicgenius was a finalist last year but has now withdrawn from the contest as he pursues a new career path.
2. AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
3. Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
4. Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
5. Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
6. Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
7. Lee Vilenski, with 545 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and a number of reviews.

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A kitten for you!

live happy life with it

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June 2022 Good Article Nominations backlog drive

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Mick Jagger nominated for FAC

Hello John M Wolfson, Mick Jagger has been nominated for Featured Article status. If you'd like to take part in the discussion, it can be found here. I am reaching out as you commented on Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Paint It Black/archive1. I hope that you have a great weekend! --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 19:32, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

Forgot to mention this earlier, but there is currently a peer review underway for The Rolling Stones. If you would like to participate, you are more than welcome. If not, that's totally fine. I am very appreciative of the help with Paint It Black and hope that we can work together again sometime. TheSandDoctor ^Talk 05:35, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 July newsletter

The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
• Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
• Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.

Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

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Precious anniversary

Precious

Three years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:25, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

Stub template

Does this template serve a purpose ({{NYC election stub}}) or was it created in error? I wanted to check in with you first before TfDing it just in case. Curbon7 (talk) 14:23, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

It was created as an act of laziness, since I was creating many NYC election stubs at one point and wanted to make their talkpage starts more efficient. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 05:58, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

NPP Award for 2019

		The New Page Patroller's Barnstar
		For over 100 article reviews during 2019. Thank you for patrolling new pages and helping us out with the backlog! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:01, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Here is a barnstar to show appreciation for the NPP reviews you did back in 2019. We realize this is late, but NPP fell behind in some coordination activities. We are almost caught up. If you don't want to receive "old" barnstars, please just ignore this and reply to let us know not to send you any more. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:01, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

• @MPGuy2824: This is way late (I don't even do NPPs anymore), but I do admire your dedication and persistence to awarding it. Thanks! – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 03:14, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 September newsletter

The fourth round of the WikiCup has now finished. 383 points were required to reach the final, and the new round has got off to a flying start with all finalists already scoring. In round 4, Bloom6132 with 939 points was the highest points-scorer, with a combination of DYKs and In the news items, followed by BennyOnTheLoose, Sammi Brie and Lee Vilenski. The points of all contestants are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

At this stage, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For the remaining competitors, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and importantly, before the deadline on October 31st!

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DYK for Madison station (CTA)

On 26 October 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Madison station (CTA), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that decades after its closure, the station house of the Chicago "L"'s Madison station would house a hot dog stand? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Madison station (CTA). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Madison station (CTA)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Laflin station

On 31 October 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Laflin station, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Chicago "L"'s Laflin station had an elevator for caskets? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Laflin station. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Laflin station), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 12:03, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

How did I do?

It's been a year since my probation began, and you said that would last for a year. How did I do on Wikipedia during that time? JTZegers (talk) 19:25, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Canal station (CTA Metropolitan Main Line)

On 5 November 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Canal station (CTA Metropolitan Main Line), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a "frustration walk" connected Chicago Union Station with the rapid transit Canal station? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Canal station (CTA Metropolitan Main Line). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Canal station (CTA Metropolitan Main Line)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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WikiCup 2022 November newsletter

The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is

• Lee Vilenski (1752 points), who won in 2020 and was runner up in both 2019 and last year. In the final round he achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on cue sports. He was closely followed by
• Bloom6132 (1732), who specialised in "In the news" items and DYKs, and who has reached the final round of the Cup for the past three years. Next was
• BennyOnTheLoose (1238), another cue sports enthusiast, also interested in songs, followed by
• Muboshgu (1082), an "In the news" contributor, a seasoned contestant who first took part in the Cup ten years ago. Other finalists were
• Sammi Brie (930), who scored with a featured article, good articles and DYKs on TV and radio stations,
• Kavyansh.Singh (370), who created various articles on famous Americans, including an FA on Louis H. Bean, famed for his prediction of election outcomes. Next was
• PCN02WPS (292), who scored with good articles and DYKs on sporting and other topics and
• Z1720 (25) who had DYKs on various topics including historic Canadians.

During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or the overall leader in this field.

• Lee Vilenski wins the featured article prize, for a total of 6 FAs during the course of the competition and 3 in the final round.
• Kavyansh.Singh wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 2.
• Adam Cuerden wins the featured picture prize, for 39 FPs during the competition.
• Z1720 wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 35 FARs in round 4.
• Epicgenius wins the good article prize, for 32 GAs in round 1.
• SounderBruce wins the featured topic prize, for 4 FT articles in round 1.
• Lee Vilenski wins the good topic prize, for 34 GT articles in round 5.
• Sammi Brie wins the good article reviewer prize, for 71 GARs overall.
• Sammi Brie wins the Did you know prize, for 30 DYKs in round 3 and 106 overall.
• Bloom6132 wins the In the news prize, for 106 ITNs in round 5 and 289 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page. You are invited to sign up to take part in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:28, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

Ford Thunderbird (eleventh generation)

Recent edits were made for clarity and concision, to remove excessive wordiness and poor grammar. Your stated reason for reverting the recent edits was "Idk what was going on with this." That's not a bona fide reason for reverting edits. Please elaborate. 842U (talk) 12:24, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

• 842U Your edits made things largely worse, rather than better, and removed a substantial amount of content (especially with regards to powertrain and reception), hence my concerns and ultimate reversion. In any event, always use edit summaries so we know what you mean when you edit things. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 12:35, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
  • Thanks. Replaced the edits, giving substantial followup in the edit notes. The intro was highly problematic: it used hyperbole, peacockery, and opinions ("beauty and elegence" are highly subjective) to fluff up the intro with poorly cited material in the article (the plastic issue was one reviewer's opinion), etc. My point was to make the intro concise with less flowery language -- leaving out info that really doesn't belong in a summary. Hope this helps.842U (talk) 19:32, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
    • Saw your edits. The legacy thing is difficult to pin down legitimately. My sense is that for a car as young as the 11th Gen, very often what's called legacy is opinion masquerading as consensus. The car was only introduced 20 years ago -- its not like a Model T which has a genuine legacy that's been vetted, the subject of scholarly study, etc. The production years vs. the model years, there should be no confusion about model years when its linked. To include both sets of years seems trifling: this is a lede, not a dissection of minutiae. That's my take, but I appreciate working with you rather than working against each other. Cheers.842U (talk) 21:05, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Marshfield station

On 14 November 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Marshfield station, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Chicago's Marshfield station had four tracks and three platforms, and involved three branch lines and an interurban? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Marshfield station. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Marshfield station), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Your GA nomination of Grand station (CTA Logan Square branch)

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Franklin Street Terminal DYK nomination

Hi, John, I reviewed your DYK nomination of Franklin Street Terminal and found some issues. I think it's a good hook and interesting facts. I hope the issues can be addressed. – Elizabeth (Eewilson) (tag or ping me) (talk) 21:10, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

Thought I'd take this tangential comment/question to your talk page. I discovered I can get a used copy of Moffat's book (1995 version) for a really good deal. (It's not at my local library.) Do you you think you'll be doing other articles about the "L" where you use this source? If so, I'll get it so I could review or help review and have the source in front of me. If not, I'll not get it. – Elizabeth (Eewilson) (tag or ping me) (talk) 18:29, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

@Eewilson: I have currently used it in several articles (including one, Lake Street Transfer station, currently at FAC if you'd like to hop on *cough cough*) and will likely use it in more. Do note that I'm currently lending it from my library and have to return it this weekend, but have a copy in the clutter of my home and can use it subsequently for future articles. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 18:33, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

Thanks again for the ping. (Not everyone sees my request for that.) If you are not completely fed up with me as a reviewer at this point and think it would be of value, I can get this one for $10 (including shipping) online. It will probably take 5 or so days to get here so I wouldn't let not having it hold up this review. Let me know. I am a book collector (also with much clutter, including many books in boxes that need to be shelved... on non-existent shelves). – Elizabeth (Eewilson) (tag or ping me) (talk) 18:47, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

@Eewilson: If you're familiar with the FAC page structure, the Lake Street Transfer station is already in the middle of the "Older nominations" section, so it'll probably stay up for only about another week or so. That said, I plan on submitting the entirety of the Logan Square branch and Met main line to FAC in due course, including such stations as Grand (currently undergoing a GAN from my friend Epicgenius) and Madison (not really ready for even GAN, but interesting and something to put in your watchlist if you're so inclined), so I think it's a worthwhile investment. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 18:56, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

Ordered (including, of course, 6 other unplanned books... there is a sale).

I will put Madison station on my watch list. I am familiar with FAC and GAN, having reviewed and been reviewed for both (as well as a FL); I have a short but pretty list of Wikichievements. Currently working on several others right now. – Elizabeth (Eewilson) (tag or ping me) (talk) 20:30, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

Cool, thanks! Best of luck on your future WikiEndeavors! – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 20:56, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

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Martin F. Tanahey

Thanks for the heads up. If you want me to conduct a GAN for this article, I'd be happy to do so. However, I will note that it may take me a long time to actually get through the review (as you can probably see from how long it's taking me to get through Talk:Grand station (CTA Logan Square branch)/GA1, which apparently I've forgotten to comment on for two weeks). – Epicgenius (talk) 18:20, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

• Hey @Epicgenius: while you're certainly my first choice for GAN, I can see your plate is rather full, so I have pinged others as well; in any event, don't worry about it, and focus (at your convenience) on the Grand article. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 19:09, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

  I'd be willing to look at it but I'm out of town this coming week and it's impossible to get much work done while traveling. If you need me, ping me again after December 18 and I'll see what I can do. Wehwalt (talk) 02:49, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

  Duly noted, and no rush! FYI, it's a challenge to myself to write an (eventual) FA under 10k bytes, which should help explain some of my edits/the style. Thanks! – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 03:08, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

Martin F. Tanahey

I cannot for a few weeks commit the time to review an article for a good article review. If nobody has tackled it by the point I have free time, I’ll give a look at being a good article reviewer for the first time with that article. SecretName101 (talk) 03:57, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

• No worries, I think someone else will take care of it by then. Thanks! – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 03:58, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

Promotion of Lake Street Transfer station

Congratulations, John M Wolfson! The article you nominated, Lake Street Transfer station, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

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Four Award

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DYK for Franklin Street Terminal

On 27 December 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Franklin Street Terminal, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Franklin Street Terminal (tracks pictured) was constructed by gutting two floors of two buildings and running elevated tracks into the resulting void? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Franklin Street Terminal. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Franklin Street Terminal), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Martin F. Tanahey

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I have put the review on hold. Suggestions have been provided of what needs to be done to meet the needed criteria to pass. Feel free to ask for further input from me. SecretName101 (talk) 10:09, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy New Year, John M Wolfson!

Happy New Year!

John M Wolfson,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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No Time to Die

Hi! First of all, I would like to wish you a happy new year 🎇🎊 I saw that the article No Time to Die recently was vandalized by several IPs, adding out-of-the-box, non-encyclopedic information. Please consider locking this post for a while to prevent this. Thank you Hongkytran (talk) 04:42, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

• Hey @Hongkytran: thanks for your concerns, but this should go to Requests for Page Protection. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 04:46, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

But I really don't know how to work on this page, and I'm afraid that my request won't be noticed and implemented. Please you reconsider! Hongkytran (talk) 13:34, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Holden Block

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DYK for Roosevelt station (CTA Douglas branch)

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BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Holden Block

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CTA stuff

Hi John, I made the necessary template corrections here, invocations for some stations were missing. Also when you get the chance, can you help me with Loomis station? It got reverted to a redirect but I initially created it to get rid of a redlink on Lake Street Transfer station, Thanks Cards84664 18:13, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

• @Cards84664: Very many thanks for the station fixes! Those were quite annoying errors I was getting. I have reverted the Loomis redirection, but a) I wonder if "CTA Lake branch" is still better than "CTA Lake Street Elevated"? I don't have enough primary sources at hand to make that decision as to when the switch was made, or if that was what it was called pre-1969, and b) for future reference, it's perfectly acceptable to have redlinks on Featured Articles if there's a reasonable expectation that the article will eventually be created, so there's no rush in such creation; that said, might as well make the article now I guess. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 18:21, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
  • Honestly I was using (Lake Street Elevated) for the elevated itself and (Lake branch) for the at-grade stations. Cards84664 18:35, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
    • I don't think that distinction works. I think it's better to use "Lake branch" to refer to the Lake-Dan Ryan Line era of routing, and 1948 sources refer to the line as a whole as the "Lake Street 'L'" and it wouldn't be a proper "branch" like Humboldt Park or Logan Square; then again, the "Westchester branch" is merely the continuation of the Garfield Park line, but a branch from the CA&E, so hmmm. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 18:40, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Damen station (CTA Blue Line)

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Your GA nomination of Grand station (CTA Logan Square branch)

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DYK for 14th Place station

On 27 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 14th Place station, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the agent at 14th Place station was the target of an attempted murder? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/14th Place station. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 14th Place station), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this barnstar in recognition of your conspicuous maintenance of Wikipedian values and attitude. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:48, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

DYK for 1830 Liverpool by-election

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-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Grand station (CTA Logan Square branch)

On 9 February 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Grand station (CTA Logan Square branch), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Grand was the least-ridden station on the Logan Square branch for most of its existence? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Grand station (CTA Logan Square branch). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Grand station (CTA Logan Square branch)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Bellwood station (Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad)

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DYK for Damen station (CTA Blue Line)

On 16 February 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Damen station (CTA Blue Line), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Damen, despite being one of the busiest stations on the Chicago "L", lacks accessibility for the disabled? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Damen station (CTA Blue Line). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Damen station (CTA Blue Line)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

-- RoySmith (talk) 07:17, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Bellwood station (Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad)

On 22 February 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bellwood station (Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that tickets of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad could be purchased for Bellwood station at a local drug store? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bellwood station (Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Bellwood station (Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:02, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

TFA

Thank you today for Lake Street Transfer station, introduced as "a double-decker transit station on the Chicago "L" from 1913 to 1951. Both lines had been constructed in the 1890s, but didn't merge operations until 1913 or constructed the transfer until then. The upper station's line was replaced by a subway in 1951, which took it closer to downtown."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:42, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Division station (CTA Logan Square branch)

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DYK for Chicago station (CTA Logan Square branch)

On 27 February 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chicago station (CTA Logan Square branch), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that from the old Chicago Station, a five-cent fare would get you as far west as California? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chicago station (CTA Logan Square branch). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Chicago station (CTA Logan Square branch)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Division station (CTA Logan Square branch)

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Fixed image sizes

I was wondering why we cannot do fixed image sizes. It is impossible to read the images since they are so small? CheersPatapsco913 (talk) 17:57, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

• @Patapsco913: per MOS:UPRIGHT, one should use upright=FACTOR (1.3, 0.7, etc.) instead of fixed image sizes due to mobile users, etc. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 18:01, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
• cool. Learn something every day. Thanks! Patapsco913 (talk) 18:09, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 March newsletter

So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Unlimitedlead with 1205 points, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with two featured articles on historical figures and several featured article candidate reviews.
• Epicgenius was in second place with 789 points; a seasoned WikiCup competitor he specialises in buildings and locations in New York.
• FrB.TG was in third place with 625 points, garnered from a featured article on a filmmaker which qualified for an impressive number of bonus points.
• TheJoebro64, another WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points gained from two featured articles on video games.
• Iazyges was in fifth place with 532 points, from two featured articles on classical history.

The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included LunaEatsTuna, Thebiguglyalien, Sammi Brie, Trainsandotherthings, Lee Vilenski, Juxlos, Unexpectedlydian, SounderBruce, Kosack, BennyOnTheLoose and PCN02WPS. It was a high-scoring start to the competition.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:36, 2 March 2023 (UTC)